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submitted 4 months ago by roboto@feddit.org to c/world@lemmy.world

Did he do it for the memes?

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[-] rsuri@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago

Which is exactly why it's really important to have an opponent to Trump who doesn't say dumb things.

[-] snaggen@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

Have he said something even close to the stupidity of Trump? Like suggesting bleach against Covid? Why should all Trump opponents be measured with a different scale then Trump. Could you imagine the number of headlines required if Trump would get a headline every time he does anything on this scale?

[-] rsuri@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

We can say the media is being unfair to Biden, and it probably is. But it doesn't matter. Biden is clearly terrible at getting positive coverage - whether that's his fault or the media's (and I think we can all recognize it's at least partly his fault). If the goal is to stop Trump, we need someone who can get better coverage.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

We can say the media is being unfair to Biden, and it probably is. But it doesn’t matter.

Exactly, because the media would be just as unfair to any candidate. Trying to find a candidate that the media would treat properly is a fool's errand.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world -3 points 4 months ago

Bullshit. If the media scrutinizes your hypothetical candidate for not having cured cancer, do we need to find someone who cured cancer so we can run them? Fuck those disingenuous bastards, they would talk shit about Christ himself if he ran as a Democrat.

[-] rsuri@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Just recognize reality. Trump has spent his life in media. He's skilled at crafting a narrative that appeals to the dumbest 51%. His wide variety of horrible characteristics works against that, but you need a candidate who can take advantage of those horrible characteristics. Rather than doing that, Biden has played into Trump's narratives, despite tons of time to prepare. If we would let ourselves see it, we'd recognize it's a binary choice. Go with Biden and make Trump president, or go with anyone else and stop him.

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